Giraffe Leung and Jay Lau: Reality but Virtual

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AISHO Hong Kong is honored to kick off 2025 with the first dual exhibition by Hong Kong artists Giraffe Leung Lok Hei and Jay Lau Ka Chun. Titled “Reality but Virtual,” the exhibition features the artists using coins and prints as their canvases, employing real fragments of Hong Kong’s history as a medium to collaboratively create virtual scenes constructed from reality, showcasing a frame of “Hong Kong” in a parallel time and space.

Giraffe Leung has long exploring his practice on issues of local culture, architecture, and urban development in Hong Kong. His most significant series, “Coins — Memories of Hong Kong,” prominently features Hong Kong coins. Jay Lau’s artistic practice focuses on exploring mechanical reproduction techniques such as printmaking, photography, and mold making, and how they are used to create and recreate images.

The two have been engaging in artistic exchanges at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, and this exhibition marks their first collaboration on the same theme, presenting segments of Hong Kong’s seemingly illusory history.